Macaulay, a software engineer, was able to hack into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple’s Safari browser. The computer was one of two offered as a prize in the “PWN to Own” hack-a-Mac contest at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver.
Macaulay teamed with Dino Dai Zovi, a security researcher until recently with Matasano [...]

With Apple’s new set-top device filtering into the hands of the faithful, its buzz has been appropriately high. Over the weekend, however, many enterprising hackers took the time to probe the internals of the AppleTV a bit more thoroughly. What did they find?As it turns out, Apple’s claim that its new devices (e.g. AppleTV, iPhone) [...]

Alan Carvalho de Assis (and friends), as announced on the LinuxBIOS mailing list, has released a video of the newly released LinuxBIOS with X Server Inside.
All of this in a normal BIOS chip (2 MB), without any hard drive connected (who needs hard drives when you can fit everything in the BIOS just fine)… The [...]

You might remember an application written by Ian Anthony that we posted about earlier this year called MacSaber. Well in collaboration with Hiroaki of DarwiinRemote, which allows you to control your Mac OS X environment with Nintendo’s Wiimote, Anthony has released a brand new use for your Wiimote… an audio Lightsaber simulator called [...]

By now you have no doubt heard that Skype has been HACKED… but here are some of the specifics for those that are interested:
On July 13th 2006 a small group of engineers from Asia successfully reverse engineered the Skype protocol. Their software is not stable enough to release to the public, but they are working [...]

RaNo Software has released an interesting new program for the Palm OS. WiFiTalkie lets you use your handheld like a Walkie-Talkie 2-way radio. WiFiTalkie uses VoIP (Voice over IP) technology to broadcast audio data. The program supports full duplex mode, which lets you broadcast and receive voice simultaneously. It also offers several additional functions (such [...]

YamiPod is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod under Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation. Just check out some of the features:

mp3 and AAC files can be copied to/from iPod
read/write access to mp3 id3 and AAC infos
Growl support (Apple only)
News [...]

Been trying to improve on that worthless iPod dock? Want to connect your gadgets together in a Lego like formation or perhaps you have been trying to figure out how to upload ring tones from you iPod to your phone! Well here is where you start as this article is part 1 of a series [...]

The owner of this Mazda Protege sedan decided that he needed to get some MP3 playback in their vehicle, stat! Instead of purchasing your run-of-the-mill MP3 playing headunit they decided to take their Mac Mini and mod an iTrip FM transmitter directly to the Mini.
This is a really cool hack so check out their full [...]

O’reilly has posted an excerp from their iPod and iTunes Hacks bookon their digital media blog. This is a great how-to for people that are trying to consolidate their remotes into a single device, the iPod!
This article even tells you how to upload the controller sounds and so that you can get the same effect [...]